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Olive Kitteridge: Fiction (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781400062089)
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Elizabeth Strout
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xWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE - The beloved first novel featuring Olive Kitteridge, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of My Name is Lucy Barton and the Oprah's Book Club pick Olive, Again
"Fiction lovers, remember this name: Olive Kitteridge. . . . You'll never forget her."--USA Today
"Strout animates the ordinary with astonishing force."--The New Yorker A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post Book World, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, People, Entertainment Weekly, The Christian Science Monitor, The Plain Dealer, The Atlantic, Rocky Mountain News, Library Journal At times stern, at other times patient, at times perceptive, at other times in sad denial, Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher, deplores the changes in her little town of Crosby, Maine, and in the world at large, but she doesn't always recognize the changes in those around her: a lounge musician haunted by a past romance; a former student who has lost the will to live; Olive's own adult child, who feels tyrannized by her irrational sensitivities; and her husband, Henry, who finds his loyalty to his marriage both a blessing and a curse. As the townspeople grapple with their problems, mild and dire, Olive is brought to a deeper understanding of herself and her life--sometimes painfully, but always with ruthless honesty. Olive Kitteridge offers profound insights into the human condition--its conflicts, its tragedies and joys, and the endurance it requires. The inspiration for the Emmy Award-winning HBO miniseries starring Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins, and Bill Murray
Author: Elizabeth Strout
ISBN-10: 140006208X
ISBN-13: 9781400062089
Publisher: Random House
Language: English
Published: 03/25/2008
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.52h x 6.45w x 1.00d
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.6
Point Value: 14
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 135975 / Olive Kitteridge
Award: National Book Critics Circle Award - Finalist
Award: ALA Notable Books - Winner
Award: Pulitzer Prize - Winner
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/10/2007 pg. 31
Library Journal Prepub Alert 12/01/2007 pg. 88
Library Journal 02/01/2008 pg. 65
Booklist 01/01/2008 pg. 46
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2008 pg. 113
Entertainment Weekly 03/28/2008 pg. 70
Newsweek 04/14/2008 pg. 82
People Weekly 04/14/2008 pg. 46
Vanity Fair 05/01/2008 pg. 100
New York Times Book Review 04/20/2008 pg. 13
New Yorker (The) 05/05/2008 pg. 77
LJ Best Books of Year 12/15/2008 pg. 65
Entertainment Weekly 12/26/2008 pg. 104
People Weekly 12/29/2008 pg. 55
Time 07/13/2009 pg. 55
Christian Century 10/20/2009 pg. 54
LJ Best Books of Year 12/01/2008 pg. 65
"Fiction lovers, remember this name: Olive Kitteridge. . . . You'll never forget her."--USA Today
"Strout animates the ordinary with astonishing force."--The New Yorker A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post Book World, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, People, Entertainment Weekly, The Christian Science Monitor, The Plain Dealer, The Atlantic, Rocky Mountain News, Library Journal At times stern, at other times patient, at times perceptive, at other times in sad denial, Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher, deplores the changes in her little town of Crosby, Maine, and in the world at large, but she doesn't always recognize the changes in those around her: a lounge musician haunted by a past romance; a former student who has lost the will to live; Olive's own adult child, who feels tyrannized by her irrational sensitivities; and her husband, Henry, who finds his loyalty to his marriage both a blessing and a curse. As the townspeople grapple with their problems, mild and dire, Olive is brought to a deeper understanding of herself and her life--sometimes painfully, but always with ruthless honesty. Olive Kitteridge offers profound insights into the human condition--its conflicts, its tragedies and joys, and the endurance it requires. The inspiration for the Emmy Award-winning HBO miniseries starring Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins, and Bill Murray
Author: Elizabeth Strout
ISBN-10: 140006208X
ISBN-13: 9781400062089
Publisher: Random House
Language: English
Published: 03/25/2008
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.52h x 6.45w x 1.00d
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.6
Point Value: 14
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 135975 / Olive Kitteridge
Award: National Book Critics Circle Award - Finalist
Award: ALA Notable Books - Winner
Award: Pulitzer Prize - Winner
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/10/2007 pg. 31
Library Journal Prepub Alert 12/01/2007 pg. 88
Library Journal 02/01/2008 pg. 65
Booklist 01/01/2008 pg. 46
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2008 pg. 113
Entertainment Weekly 03/28/2008 pg. 70
Newsweek 04/14/2008 pg. 82
People Weekly 04/14/2008 pg. 46
Vanity Fair 05/01/2008 pg. 100
New York Times Book Review 04/20/2008 pg. 13
New Yorker (The) 05/05/2008 pg. 77
LJ Best Books of Year 12/15/2008 pg. 65
Entertainment Weekly 12/26/2008 pg. 104
People Weekly 12/29/2008 pg. 55
Time 07/13/2009 pg. 55
Christian Century 10/20/2009 pg. 54
LJ Best Books of Year 12/01/2008 pg. 65
By Elizabeth Strout
xElizabeth Strout is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Olive Kitteridge, winner of the Pulitzer Prize; Olive, Again, an Oprah's Book Club pick; Anything Is Possible, winner of the Story Prize; My Name is Lucy Barton, longlisted for the Man Booker Prize; The Burgess Boys, named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post and NPR; Abide with Me, a national bestseller; and Amy and Isabelle, winner of the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize. She has also been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the International Dublin Literary Award, and the Orange Prize. Her short stories have been published in a number of magazines, including The New Yorker and O: The Oprah Magazine. Elizabeth Strout lives in New York City.
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